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Trac has a built-in search engine to allow finding occurrences of keywords and substrings in wiki pages, tickets and changeset descriptions.

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Using the Trac search facility is straightforward and its interface should be familiar to most www users.

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Trac has built-in search functionality to search for occurrences of keywords and substrings in wiki pages, tickets and changeset properties, such as author, revision and log messages.

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Apart from the [search: Search module], you will also find a small search field above the navigation bar at all time. It provides convenient access to the search module from all pages.

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== Quickjumps ==

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For intermediate and advanced use, Trac has a useful way to quickly navigate to a given resource, named '''quickjumps'''.

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The search results show the most recent modifications ranked first rather than the most relevant result.

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If you enter a [wiki:TracLinks TracLink] in the search field above the navigation bar, Trac will recognize this and assume you know where you're going.

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For example:

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== Quick searches

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For quick access to project resources, the quick-search field at the top of every page can be used to enter a [TracLinks wiki link], which will take you directly to the resource identified by that link:

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* ![42] -- Opens change set 42

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* !#42 -- Opens ticket number 42

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* !{1} -- Opens report 1

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* /trunk -- Opens the browser for the `trunk` directory in the default repository

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* /repos1/trunk -- Opens the browser for the `trunk` directory in the `repos1` repository

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'''Note:''' ''This is a particularly useful feature to quickly navigate to a specific issue ticket or changeset.''

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== Advanced

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=== Advanced: Disabling Quickjumps ===

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To disable the quickjump feature for a search keyword - for example when searching for occurences of the literal word !TracGuide - begin the query with an exclamation mark (!).

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=== Disabling Quickjump

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To disable the Quickjump feature for a keyword start the query with an exclamation mark (`!`): use `!TracGuide` to search for occurrences of the literal word !TracGuide.

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=== Search Links

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From the Wiki, it is possible to link to a specific search, using `search:` links:

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* `search:?q=crash` will search for the string "crash"

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* `search:?q=trac+link&wiki=on` will search for "trac" and "link" in wiki pages only